Where Is Science Going?

✍ Scribed by Max Planck

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Year: 1932
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 221
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The book is a compilation of Max Planck's essays. Apart from this explanation in the Introduction, neither the Introduction nor the copyright page contain any additional indication as to the sources. The bibliographic research indicates that the book may be based on an older (1922) collection of essays, published in German as 'Physikalische Rundblicke. Gesammelte Reden und Aufsätze.'

The first edition of the English version was originally published in 1932. This is also the edition on which the source scan is based.

The book is part of a 5 volumes [UL] 'series' of Max Planck's essays on the philosophy of physics available in English on P2P venues. In approximate chronological order, the 'series' comprises of:

1. Earlier than 1922: A Survey of Physical Theory [orig Ger. ed. 1922; 1st En. ed. 1925; used ed. repr. 1960 or later n.d.]
   File: Planck Philosophical Essays in English P2P Custom ed. Vol. 1. Earlier than 1922 [A Survey of Physical Theory][UL]
2. Later than 1922, earlier than 1933: The Philosophy of Physics [orig. Ger. ed. 1933; 1st En. ed. 1936; used ed. repr. 1963]
   File: Planck Philosophical Essays in English P2P Custom ed. Vol. 2. Later than 1922, Earlier than 1933 [The Philosophy of Physics][UL]
3. 1926, 1929: The Universe in the Light of Modern Physics [orig. Ger. ed. 1926, 1929; 1st En. ed. & used ed. 1931]
   File: Planck Philosophical Essays in English P2P Custom ed. Vol. 3. 1926, 1929 [The Universe in the Light of Modern Physics][UL]
4. Earlier than 1932: Where Is Science Going? [orig. Ger. ed. undetermined; 1st En. ed. & used ed. 1932]
   File: Planck Philosophical Essays in English P2P Custom ed. Vol. 4. Earlier than 1932 [Where Is Science Going][UL]
5. 1947, 1948: Scientific Autobiography And Other Papers [orig. Ger. eds. 1947, 1949; 1st En ed. 1950; used ed. n.d.]
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✦ Table of Contents

PROLOGUE BY ALBERT EINSTEIN 7

INTRODUCTION BY JAMES MURPHY 13
I. FIFTY YEARS OF SCIENCE 41
II. IS THE EXTERNAL WORLD REAL? 64
III. THE SCIENTIST’S PICTURE OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE 84
IV. CAUSATION AND FREE WILL: THE PROBLEM STATED 107
V. CAUSATION AND FREE WILL: THE ANSWER OF SCIENCE 141
VI. FROM THE RELATIVE TO THE ABSOLUTE,
Discussion of atomic weights, concept of energy; difference between reversible and irreversible processes 170
EPILOGUE: A SOCRATIC DIALOGUE. PLANCK-EINSTEIN-MURPHY 201

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